Total Crime Rate

563.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

122.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 563.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 196.1 10/10
  • Violent crimes 122.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 93.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 68.6 10/10
  • Public order 53.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 44.1 8/10
  • Drugs 39.2 10/10
  • Other crime 19.6 10/10
  • Robbery 19.6 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.7 9/10
  • Other theft 9.8 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.9 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Station Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 82 local areas in Copt Hill , and the 17th highest crime rate of 922 local areas in Sunderland .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Station Road (DH4 5AH) in the last 12 months was 563.7 per 1,000 residents and was 732.7% higher than the Copt Hill average (67.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 40 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 122.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Station Road (DH4 5AH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wheler Street, where police recorded 95 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hillside Way (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Station Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/46)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Sunrise Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Sunrise Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Sunrise Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Sunrise Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Burn Promenade Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Wheler Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Violet Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thornhill Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Burn Promenade Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Burn Promenade Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Burglary Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Sunrise Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Wheler Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Wheler Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Wheler Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Wheler Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Wheler Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Wheler Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Wheler Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Sunrise Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Wheler Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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